View a FREE sample

This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What equation does the author give for the formula we are about to be upon?
(a) Theatre = Nrt.
(b) Theatre = Honor Nobility.
(c) Theatre = R C T.
(d) Theatre = R r a.

2. Of whom does the author write, "never just made a slice of life--he was a doctor who with infinite gentleness and care took thousands and thousands of fine layers off life."
(a) Chekhov.
(b) Beckett.
(c) Brecht.
(d) Shakespeare.

3. What "is above all an appeal to the spectator to work for himself, so to become more and more responsible for accepting what he sees only if it is convincing to him in an adult way"?
(a) Realism.
(b) Absurdism.
(c) Alienation.
(d) Romance.

4. "In rehearsal, form and _____ have to be examined sometimes together, sometimes separately."
(a) Justification.
(b) Writing.
(c) Content.
(d) Action.

5. Brook claims, "Personally, I find staging _______ can be more thoroughly enjoyable than any other form of theatre."
(a) A musical.
(b) An opera.
(c) A Surrealist production.
(d) A mime show.

Short Answer Questions

1. The closer the actor approaches what, the more requirements he is asked to separate, understand and fulfill simultaneously?

2. In which Shakespearean play is a main character named Cornelia?

3. "Brecht recognized this and in his last years he surprised his associates by saying that the theatre must be ____."

4. Which playwright does the author hold in the greatest esteem as one who combines the Rough Theatre with the Holy Theatre?

5. Joan Littlewood dressed her soldiers as what to create an alienation effect?

Short Essay Questions

1. How does Shakespeare embody both The Rough Theatre and The Holy Theatre?

2. What does the author write in regard to the power of laughter in "The Rough Theatre"?

3. What does the author point out about the source of conflict in Shakespeare's work?

4. What is the audience's role in a final production?

5. How does the author discuss the process of theatre design?

6. How does the author view "pre-planning" in approaching a rehearsal process?

7. What does the author say of change and liberation regarding "The Rough Theatre"?

8. What is the common thread between human existence and approach to process in the theatre?

9. What does the author describe happening when a Brechtian approach is applied to other works?

10. What does the author speak of regarding Shakespeare and the Rough Theatre?

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 922 words (approx. 4 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample